Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor lately sat down with Drumeo to observe some fan covers of traditional Mastodon tracks. The covers are wonderful, although Dailor notably obtained a kick out of the one dude overlaying the whole thing of “The Final Baron” from Crack The Skye – it is stable as hell, but additionally 13 minutes lengthy. “Each time I play this track I am hanging on by the seat of my pants, too. So I get it,” Dailor joked in regards to the cowl.
On new materials, Dailor stated to Loudwire again in July that Mastodon has “a number of music” within the works and that there are two tasks coming. No one is aware of what they’re but, however hey – new Mastodon is coming.
“Riffs. Drum beats and riffs,” stated Dailor. “I can not actually reveal an excessive amount of. It is a hush-hush operation, very prime secret… I do not wanna spoil it. There’s a number of music, that is all I can say. There’s tons of music. We have been writing just about this entire time that we have been off since we obtained dwelling from South America [in November 2023]. And after we obtained dwelling from South America with Gojira, we opened Christmas presents after which, since like, February or so, we have simply been working exhausting making two completely different tasks — not a double album, however two completely different tasks.
“So that is the nugget I can share with you. No matter these tasks are, no one is aware of. However there’s riffs concerned. A number of the riffs are, like, actually heavy and attractive and I actually like ’em. I am the metalhead within the band, so after we get some actual heavy stuff, I am, like, ‘Oh, yeah, I like that. It is cool.'”
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